The Internet Is a Force of Nature. It's Our Job to Civilize It. We're a long way from the halcyon days of the early internet, when the promise of a decentralized digital communications network meant anyone could talk to anyone without appealing to the gat

Tech Is Fueling the Hong Kong Movement. An Insider Told Us How, and Why It's a Huge Step for Freedom. Over the past two months, Hong Kong has roared into global headlines. Its seven million citizens have increasingly taken to the streets (and the capital

These Smart Exo-Shorts Talk to the Cloud to Help You Walk and Run. Exosuits don't generally scream "fashionable" or "svelte." Take the mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton that allowed a paraplegic man to kick off the World Cup back in 2014. Is it cool? He

Singularity University's Global Summit Kicks off Today in San Francisco. Singularity University's (SU) annual Global Summit begins today in San Francisco, running through Wednesday, August 21. The Singularity Hub team is on the ground to bring you inside

California Passed the Country's First Law to Prevent Genetic Biohacking. Genetic engineering technologies are quickly becoming mature and cheap enough for people to start using them in their own homes. That's got scientists and officials worried, and Cali

This Week's Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through August 17). AUGMENTED REALITY This Is the Computer You'll Wear on Your Face in 10 Years Mark Sullivan | Fast Company " foreshadow a device that many of us may wear as our primary personal ...

The Value of Owning Your Businesses Values. Nikolay Storonsky, CEO of the UK's hottest fintech startup Revolut, has been extremely vocal about his company's values. “Ninety-five per cent of founders, they will bullshit you,” he told the Financia...

Wait, What? The First Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryo Was Just Created in China. Last week, news broke that a prominent stem cell researcher is making human-monkey chimeras in a secretive lab in China. The story, first reported by the Spanish newspaper El Pais

How Cheap Must Batteries Get for Renewables to Compete With Fossil Fuels? While solar and wind power are rapidly becoming cost-competitive with fossil fuels in areas with lots of sun and wind, they still can't provide the 24/7 power we've become used to.

The Age of Solar Energy Abundance Is Coming in Hot. Every five days, the sun provides the Earth with as much energy as all proven supplies of oil, coal, and natural gas. If humanity could capture just one 6,000th of Earth's available solar energy, we'd ..